U+269D "⚝" Outlined White Star Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
⚝
U+269D "⚝" Outlined White Star is a typographic symbol depicting a five pointed star drawn with a thin outline and a hollow or white interior, which distinguishes it from solid filled star characters. It is part of the Miscellaneous Symbols block and was added to the Unicode standard in version 5.1, released in 2008. This glyph is commonly used in contexts such as decorative design, rating systems, bullet lists, or as an alternative to the more familiar filled star symbols. Its open, outlined form can also serve as a visual indicator for concepts like clarity, emptiness, or a choice that is to be filled in or selected.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+269D |
| Version Added | 5.1 |
| Name | Outlined White Star |
| Block | Miscellaneous Symbols |
| General Category | Other Symbol |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Other Neutral |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | ⚝ |
| HTML Hex Encoding | ⚝ |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE2 0x9A 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x269D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0000269D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u269d |
Unicode Properties
| NFC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFD Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKC Quick Check | Yes |
| NFKD Quick Check | Yes |
| Numeric Type | None |
| Numeric Value | NaN |
| Line Break | Alphabetic |
| Script | Common |
| Script Extensions | Common |
| Indic Syllabic Category | Other |
| Pattern Syntax | Yes |
| Vertical Orientation | Upright |
| Grapheme Base | Yes |
| Grapheme Cluster Break | Other |
| Word Break | Other |
| Sentence Break | Other |